AP Vocab List 4

Morally ignoble or base; dirty, filthy; squalid.

• Sordid

• Etymology

• Indignation

• Acquiesce

The study of the history and origin of words, including their changes in form and meaning over time.

• Sordid

• Etymology

• Indignation

• Acquiesce

Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting; righteous anger.

• Sordid

• Etymology

• Indignation

• Acquiesce

To accept or comply with something passively or without protest; to agree or consent without objection.

• Sordid

• Etymology

• Indignation

• Acquiesce

Peculiar to an individual; unique or distinctive in behavior, mannerism, or characteristic.

• Idiosyncratic

• Surfeit

• Ignominious

• Goad

An excessive amount of something; an overabundance; to overindulge or be excessively filled.

• Idiosyncratic

• Surfeit

• Ignominious

• Goad

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating; dishonorable.

• Idiosyncratic

• Surfeit

• Ignominious

• Goad

To provoke or annoy someone in order to stimulate some action or reaction; a stimulus or incentive.

• Idiosyncratic

• Surfeit

• Ignominious

• Goad

A state of weariness or inertia; a feeling of listlessness or lack of energy.

• Languor

• Generalization

• Allocation

• Redundant

A broad statement or conclusion based on limited evidence or examples; the act of making general statements.

• Languor

• Generalization

• Allocation

• Redundant